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Gilmour A Hit With Sabres

BUFFALO — Doug Gilmour lived up to his tenacious, offensive billing in his Buffalo Sabres debut.

Gilmour took control from the start and led the way with two assists as the Sabres held off the New York Islanders 4-2 Sunday.

The center, acquired in Friday's deal that sent Michal Grosek to Chicago, said it was important that he and the Sabres got going early.

"You want to dominate right off the start of the game and we showed them that we were serious," said Gilmour, who got a loud cheer from the capacity crowd when his name was announced before the opening faceoff.

Chris Gratton, acquired in a separate deal with Tampa Bay, scored a goal and set up Jason Woolley's go-ahead score for Buffalo.